First ticket in my 240 last night.

[s13sickboi]

After doing some tweaking on my car last night I decided to go for a test drive. So I'm goin down a country road and am about to turn right and I see a cop comming the opposite direction, and freak out cz there's no place to turn in anywhere or anything! I already had put my blinker on to turn right so I couldn't just keep going past him. So I see him pull into the turn lane lookin at me and follow me as I turned and BAM, Lights on! so here I am, both expired stickers and no insurance. He was a pretty decent guy it was a deputy sherriff. Said he pulled me over for no front plate and totlally forgot about that when I didn't have insurance! I was crapping my pants cz if you get get caught in texas without proof they impound your car! I was pretty close to home so he let me go with a citation (no proof of insurance) and orders to go immedeatly home (lol)
I stll haven't told my parents yet and don't know how to! I'm on their insurance policy but my car isn't... Also I've had my car 2 years and haven't transferred the title yet. I've had no money to. I have court sep. 9th. What should I do? In regards to breaking this to my parents? Anyone have stories like this?

[originalyunique95]

Man that sucks, good thing he let ya go though and not got your car impounded. How much was your ticket? Cuz up here in Illinois with no plates or registration is 120 bones. Which was what happend to me. I bought my car saturday and drove it to work and class and then to home till about monday evening goin to class. Damn police pulled me over and I had my title and insurance and license out and ready to show i just bought it. He still gave me a ticket eventho the dmv arent open till tuesday. Sucked so bad lol

[S13_RB25]

Well sorry to hear that bro! But use the oldest trick in the book, the good news and news one lol! I got a ticket too but it was $89 bucks cause I didn't have my front license plate on the bumper, had it sitting in the front windshield! But I got pulled over for none working rear license plate bulbs lol! So I didn't have to worry about telling them and I didn't get no points or anything either gl though!

[JKL1031]

Remember, you will get pulled over 5x faster in a 240..

[badbob2121]

Remember, you will get pulled over 5x faster in a 240..

^

i wouldnt worry about and tell your parents, are they really gonna "punish" you for a stupid traffic ticket? and get insurrance, liability coverage is only like $25 a month, come on...

[The_caveman]

Remember, you will get pulled over 5x faster in a 240..

^

i wouldnt worry about and tell your parents, are they really gonna "punish" you for a stupid traffic ticket? and get insurrance, liability coverage is only like $25 a month, come on...

.....Like what? How old are you mine is like 100$ a month 117$ after my wreck


and double werd ^^^
I was passing cars doing 30 in a 45 doing 47(love my gps very acurate speedometer) and i got reckless driving because the cop didnt get a radar and said i was booking it


Also just tell your parents best bet no matter what,my dad has saved me from some stupid s*** on several occasions

[Mercury_Hg]

.....Like what? How old are you mine is like 100$ a month 117$ after my wreck

I pay $117 myself. 19, male. Never been in an accident. No tickets.

I was passing cars doing 30 in a 45 doing 47(love my gps very acurate speedometer) and i got reckless driving because the cop didnt get a radar and said i was booking it

You should have contested that in court.

[badbob2121]

yes i pay $25 minimum liability in the state of MO through USAA a month... try comparing other quotes if you dont pay similar

and ive had a careless and imprudent driving by drag racing charge, 2 20+ mph speeding tickets, excessive acceleration, and following too close, all before i was 18. yet i worked my a$$ off to pay for a great lawyer and none of the following is on my record... fixed ftw

[Caveit77777]

yes i pay $25 minimum liability in the state of MO through USAA a month... try comparing other quotes if you dont pay similar

and ive had a careless and imprudent driving by drag racing charge, 2 20+ mph speeding tickets, excessive acceleration, and following too close, all before i was 18. yet i worked my a$$ off to pay for a great lawyer and none of the following is on my record... fixed ftw

Well were you going 220mph? Haha but seriously what were you in? Thats pretty gnarly. The fast part is, not so much the almost ticket.

[240sxcl50]

For the last three years i have had to pay 250 a month for insurance its not state minimums but its as close to possible. (learned lesson)

[badbob2121]

wow, seriously compare quotes!!

and i had 2 seperate 20+mph over the limit tickets, not a 220mph ticket... i would probably still be in jail, lol

[costa_rican13]

i pay 118 a month for liability with tickets but ins dont know bout them

[badbob2121]

you should be getting full coverage for that price... i pay about that much for full coverage a month on my 2008 charger... and with a good deductible

[Morph]

Unless hes under 25, thats about right. I payed 160 or so for liability before i was 25 and now im down to 60 a month. USAA FTW

[240sxcl50]

wow, seriously compare quotes!!

the thing is i had 1 ticket for 25+ over and i backed into someone with my tauras and i was 17. and on my own insurance cause my rents told me when i got my 240 i had to sell it or get my own insurance.

[costa_rican13]

yea i'm 19, going on 20 in november. so im expecting ins. to be high but not $118. and the ins. lady told me i could have a brand new corvette and still be paying 118 for liability if it was completely paid for. basically till i'm 25 im gona be paying out the a** no matter what car i have.

[240sxcl50]

Yeah my ins went down when i turned 20 cause the company im through but its still 130 for just the 240 now.

[badbob2121]

To the OP, i assume you live with your parents, which is the only reason you care what they think about a traffic violation.. just try and hide it...lol, its not like you got a DUI..

[s13sickboi]

The only reason I was worried about my parents is cause they kept telling me not to drive my car until it was legal, and also I wasn't suppoesed to be out at that time.. Hell, like I care! Anyway I went ahead and told them about it, I'm getting my title transferred tomorrow and registered, also, had mom call our insurance and it's only gonna be $10 extra a month to add my car on there. So that puts me at like $110 a month. But at least I'm getting my car all legal now! Which is what I wanted anyways.. lol

But I still gotta go to court and find out how much my ticket is... Ughhh

[Lobo240sx]

Got quoted $160 a month when I got the car in 2001. That was with a few tickets but took DD. I eventually got on my Mom's policy and got it down to 130/month. For a single cam KA 240 good record overall... Go figure. When I turned 25 insurance was like $80.

Get old it will eventually go down.

[Drakelee]

reminds me of a few months ago, I got a parking ticket. Under make it said "Nissan?" and model it said "Unknown" haha all my badges are gone.

[Tangerine Sky]

Never hide anything from your parents. They'll find out eventually, and when they do, they're gana be more pissed then if you just told em from the get go.

[The_caveman]

.....Like what? How old are you mine is like 100$ a month 117$ after my wreck

I pay $117 myself. 19, male. Never been in an accident. No tickets.

I was passing cars doing 30 in a 45 doing 47(love my gps very acurate speedometer) and i got reckless driving because the cop didnt get a radar and said i was booking it

You should have contested that in court.

I'm 20 quite a few past tickets only 2 since i turned 18 however one minor speeding and a reckless driving and one wreck

I would have fought it but i had two court court dates one the 17th one the 18....Both were b/s but i fought the one that like 750$ in tickets a 65 in a 50 and a littering for two ciggerete butts thrown out the window.

Funny part was my speedometer doesnt work and i've never had a speeding ticket or even got pulled over the 6 months i've driven without it...on the way to work not using my gps..(its a 5 minute drive there is no point) I was using a ford turbo diesel to gauge my speed off of. Making sure every few seconds that the gap between us never changed. which it didnt,for a good mile,next thing i know this truck is flashing blue lights turns out it was the police

Needless to say i went to fight it and the officer admitted three times before i had to make my plea he was speeding also. told the judge i was using him to gauge my speed and my speedometer is broken. so now all i have to do is take a written form from a mechanic saying that my speedometer is broken on the 15th and it will be droped.
he busted out laughing at the littering ticket and didnt even make me plea he said he didnt care about it.

[The_caveman]

p.s let us know the outcome of your court....

[Mercury_Hg]

I'm 20 quite a few past tickets only 2 since i turned 18 however one minor speeding and a reckless driving and one wreck

I would have fought it but i had two court court dates one the 17th one the 18....Both were b/s but i fought the one that like 750$ in tickets a 65 in a 50 and a littering for two ciggerete butts thrown out the window.

Funny part was my speedometer doesnt work and i've never had a speeding ticket or even got pulled over the 6 months i've driven without it...on the way to work not using my gps..(its a 5 minute drive there is no point) I was using a ford turbo diesel to gauge my speed off of. Making sure every few seconds that the gap between us never changed. which it didnt,for a good mile,next thing i know this truck is flashing blue lights turns out it was the police

Needless to say i went to fight it and the officer admitted three times before i had to make my plea he was speeding also. told the judge i was using him to gauge my speed and my speedometer is broken. so now all i have to do is take a written form from a mechanic saying that my speedometer is broken on the 15th and it will be droped.
he busted out laughing at the littering ticket and didnt even make me plea he said he didnt care about it.

A few days ago I was doing 70 in a 45. I do this everyday, but that one day was special.

I pass a few cars, and I eventually get up next to an inconspicuous golden Crown Vic. They were going at least 68 if not 69 because it took forever to get next to them and I was only going marginally faster. Well after a couple minutes when my car started to edge out past them they flashed their lights . Total cop.

Funny thing is, is I immediately let off the accelerator, partly because police, partly because the speed limit dropped to 35. They of course maintained there speed . Everyone speeds through there though.

[h2v7]

ah to be young and naive again...

[SBC 240Z]

If yall think $130ish for insurance is bad just wait until you get on your own and you're paying that, then gas, rent, power, water, trash, cable, food, etc. Fix your car up now because when all the bills need to be paid there won't be much left over. I love my 240 but I wish to god I had a honda because $50 a week in gas just to get to work is getting old.

[240hatchsx]

After one accident with a city bus, three speeding tickets ( all 15+ over ), two illegal turn tickets, one careless driving tickets and once I turned 25 I pay for 35 BIG ones for insurance for full coverage !!! God I love driving a 240 even tho it's like a pig magent with full open exhaust even thi the other day I got pulled over for not where a seat when I had it on and I have auto seat belts needless to say that rookie cop that was on a training exercise is now onw smart mofo bc of me. FML

[FlipCoupe]

Unless hes under 25, thats about right. I payed 160 or so for liability before i was 25 and now im down to 60 a month. USAA FTW

Yeh i was going to say age is a big factor.

My 4 door 1988 Civic that I drove when i was 18 cost around $125 a month, liability no tickets

now at 25, liability for my 240 as like $25, amazing how much that drops.

[s13sickboi]

Went to court today and it was dismissed because we added my car to our policy that was active since July so my car was 'covered' at the time of stop! ha suckers! And I got my plates so I'm all legal minus smog check.